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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Kings
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Walks
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Men

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There are times, Sember, when I could believe your mother had a secret lover. Looking at you makes me wonder if it was one of my goats.
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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die.
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Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to us, in ways the ears cannot hear. We recognize a beauty the eye does not see. We experience a change in our hearts that no voice can describe.
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The very odd thing about sagas ... is that they very rarely mention dry mouths and full bladders.
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What is your name? Why? So I can mark your grave.
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The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.
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Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.
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I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never... ever... be glad to kill.
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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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